Enjoy the bowl season in 8 games or less

This one is pretty obvious—the BCS championship game is as big as it gets. Auburn has the irrational confidence Nate Robinson was rocking last year with the Bulls. Florida State is all-world on both sides of the ball. Throw in the Heisman Trophy-winning Jameis Winston to make the headlines a bit juicier and you've got a truly super bowl game.

This one is pretty obvious—the BCS championship game is as big as it gets. Auburn has the irrational confidence Nate Robinson was rocking last year with the Bulls. Florida State is all-world on both sides of the ball. Throw in the Heisman Trophy-winning Jameis Winston to make the headlines a bit juicier and you've got a truly super bowl game.

There's no Bo Jackson or QB Eagles, but the Rose Bowl between Michigan State and Stanford is worthy of one of the greatest sports video games ever, "Tecmo Bowl." This is gonna be smash-mouth, man's football won in the trenches. These teams are mirror images of each other and should make for an incredible contest.

Michigan State vs. Stanford

4 p.m. Jan. 1, ESPN

There's no Bo Jackson or QB Eagles, but the Rose Bowl between Michigan State and Stanford is worthy of one of the greatest sports video games ever, "Tecmo Bowl." This is gonna be smash-mouth, man's football won in the trenches. These teams are mirror images of each other and should make for an incredible contest.

There are more college football bowl games than Tyler Perry TV shows, so deciding which ones to watch is a challenge. To help plan your holiday season—the 35-game extravaganza begins Saturday—I've devised a watchability ranking system based on the type of "bowl" they are. Happy viewing!